Famous People Born on August 17

Barry Sheerman
1940
English academic and politician
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Lothar Bisky
1941
German businessman and politician (d. 2013)
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Gracie Gold
1995
American figure skater
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Cheerleader Melissa
1982
American wrestler and manager
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Christian Laettner
1969
American basketball player and coach
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Michael John Wise
1918
English geographer and academic (d. 2015)
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Mikhail Botvinnik
1911
Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)
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Antwaan Randle El
1979
American football player and journalist
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Mohamed Abdelaziz
1947
Sahrawi politician, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (d. 2016)
Maru Teferi
1992
Israeli marathon runner
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Brady Corbet
1988
American actor and director
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Maria McKee
1964
American singer-songwriter
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